Ribbon or roll holder.



7 PATENTED OCT. 13, .1903. G. c. FARR-AR. RIBBON 0 ROLL HOLDER. APPLIOA TION IILED MAY 2. 1903.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 13, 1903.

GEORGE O. FARRAR, OF HURRICANE ISLAND, MAINE.

RIBBON OR ROLL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,473, dated October 13, 1903.

Application med May 2, 1903. Serial No. 155,413. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE 0. FARRAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hurricane Island, Knox county, Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ribbon or Roll Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention-relates to improvements in apparatus for delivering or serving such goods or materials as are wound up in roll or bolt form.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and economicaljorm of device which will permit the ready insertion and removal of the goods and which will be durable and economical.

To this end the invention comprises the arrangement of parts and details of construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail.

In the drawings, 4 designates a supportingframe, in one side 4 of which is journaled a short tubular shaft 5. A supplemental shaft 6 is mounted to slide longitudinally in this tubular shaft and is normally pressed toward the opposite side 43 of the frame by a spring 7, the movement being limited by a pin 8 on the shaft 6 engaging a slot in the shaft 6.

On the end of the shaft 6 is secured a guide or supporting-disk 9, which cooperates with an opposing disk 10 to clamp the bolt or roll of material to be served or delivered. The f naled with a free space between, an operatdisk 10 is mounted on a shaft 11, and both are provided with prongs or projections 12 near the center to engage the spool or core upon which the bolt or roll of material is wound. When the material is to be inserted, the disk 9 is moved back against the pressure of the spring bya hand-lever 13, pivoted in a bracket 14 and havinga forked end engaging a shoulder on the shaft 6. Means are provided for rotating the disks when desired to wind up the material. These comprise a bevel-gear 15 on the shaft 11, with which engages a bevel-gear 16, adapted to be rotated by a crank in the manner hereinafter described.

It is desirable to have the bevel-gear l6 normally disengaged from the gear 15, so that the roll of, material may rotate freely as the material is being unwound or drawn off. To accomplish this I provide a revoluble hollow shaft 17, journaled in the front wall of the case or frame, and in this shaft is slidably mounted a spindle 18, having a spline connection therewith, this spindle 18 carrying the bevel-gear 16 and pressed toward the gear 15 by a spring 19. A lever 20, pivoted to a stud or projection of the case, has a forked end 2O engaging a shoulder on the spindle 18, while its other end is connected to a rod 21, projecting into an opening 22 in the front wall of the case.

A crank 23 is made in two folding parts 23 and 23, one part, 23*, being secured to the shaft 17 and the other, 23 to the part 23*. The part2? is provided with a handle portion 24:, which is adapted to enter the opening 22 in the front wall of the case when the crank .is folded and press the rod 21 back,- thus moving the spindle 18 against the tension of the spring and disengaging the gears. A spring-clip engages the handle and holds it in this unlocked position. I prefer to make the handle of' rectangular form and adapted to receive a label or tag pertaining to the goods on the roll.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim is- 1. In a serving apparatus, a frame, a pair of opposing clamping-disks separately jouring device for rotating them, and means for connecting and. disconnecting the operating device, substantially as described. I

2. In combination, a frame or support, a diskjournaled therein upon a yielding support, a second opposing disk, said disks being adapted to clamp the rolled material between them, and means for driving said second disk, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a frame or support, a disk journaled therein with means for opcrating it, a second disk opposing said firstnamed disk, a longitudinally-movablespringpressed shaft supporting said second disk, and means for moving said shaft against the pressure of the spring, substantially as described.

4. In combination, a frame, a disk journaled therein with means for driving it, a second disk opposing said first-named disk, a hollow shaft journaled in said frame, a spindle carrying said second disk and having its end mounted to slide in said hollow shaft, a spring Within said shaft acting on said spindle, and a hand-lever for moving said spindle against the pressure of the spring, substantially as described.

5. In combination, a supporting frame or case, a pair of disks, a bevel-gear connected to one disk, a second bevel-gear movable into and out of engagement with said first-named gear, a folding crank for rotating said second gear and means whereby the folding of the crank disengages said gears, substantially as described.

6. In combination, the roll-holding disks, a beve1gear connected to one, a hollow shaft having a suitable crank, a spring-pressed spindle seated in said hollow shaft, a bevelgear mounted on said spindle adapted to engage said first-named gear, and a lever adapted to shift said spindle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE G. FARRAR.

Witnesses:

JNo. W. MnsERvE, AXEL PETERSON. 

